conterminate

English

Etymology

From Latin conterminare (“to border upon”), from conterminus (“conterminous”), from con- + terminus (“border”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

Adjective

conterminate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Having the same bounds or extent; conterminous.
   • 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers:

     Here are kingdoms mixed
     And nations joined, a strength of empire fixed
     Conterminate with heaven

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “conterminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)